shake the money tree

New York has had its own unedifying moments in shaking the money tree for post-9/11 security and recovery.

But, you know, a lot of cities would love to have a mayor that would be shaking the money tree like this.

Just five months after winning reelection, President Obama is once again shaking the money tree.

We are told to relax: the group is legal, and the Democrats have a parallel attorneys general group shaking the money tree for balance.

He called it "shaking the money tree."

This was because the Administration's first priorities were to shake the money tree for the well-to-do and beef up the Pentagon.

So the presidential candidates are all shaking the money tree this week, hoping for impressive tallies after the second quarter-reporting period ends June 30.

With the 2014 campaign expected to shatter previous midterm election spending records, now is the time for politicians to start shaking the money tree ever harder.

The president flew to New York today to shake the money tree -- including some fruit from Wall Street.

Shaking the Money Tree

"By his own admission, he was still shaking the money tree in the 1980's when I was out working for real political reform," Mr. Clinton said.

"I think the Trenton Diocese wanted him shake the money tree in Rumson and expand the church and school," he said.

For his part, Mr. Diamond has successfully shaken the money tree for various McCain campaigns and already has raised $250,000 for this year’s presidential effort.

PAGE B3 Shaking the Money Tree As more cultural projects are planned all over New York, some wonder if donors can keep up the pace.

"We are out there shaking the money tree," Senator Byrd said of candidates' fund-raising efforts, resulting in "lost hours from the Senate, from our wives, our children and our grandchildren."

The question the governor and his staff must be asking themselves these days is this: who is going to go out and shake the money tree if donor lists become some prosecutor's target list?

Obama tends to hit the links with a couple of longtime aides or close friends—using the outing as a release from the pressures of the job rather than an opportunity to shake the money tree.

That is, for all the muscle they have put into shaking the money tree, for all the cash that has fallen down, the chore has not struck either man as more onerous than usual.

What is the political logic, after all, of going around telling people your opponent has not been shaking the money tree like everyone else, or that he refuses to start campaigning until he knows the name of his opponent?

The usefulness of films in shaking the money tree is questioned by John Frank, director of development at the Association for the Advancement of Blind and Retarded, in College Point, Queens.

To obey the law against raising money on Federal property, members of Congress go a block or two from their offices to party headquarters, where telephones are made available for an hour or two for shaking the money tree.

Mr. Franks tried to shake the money tree this week by spending $250,000 for a week's worth of his own TV ads in Philadelphia, citing numerous newspaper editorials critical of Mr. Corzine for his limited financial disclosures.

The new visibility apparently has left an impression - including within the ranks of the National Endowment of the Humanities - that the New York Public Library can shake the money tree on its own whenever an extra million or two is needed.

President Barnstorms Region The Clinton-Gore campaign and the men who head it came barnstorming into New York and New Jersey, showing off the information superhighway, shaking the money tree, touching political bases and generally raising their profile in two states vital to their re-election.

CASHING IN: Just five months after winning re-election, President Obama is shaking the money tree in California, kicking off his effort to boost the Democratic Party's coffers ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, ABC's MARY BRUCE notes.